Environmental Effects of Aquifer Overexploitation: A Case Study in the Highlands of Mexico

There are several environmental processes occurring under aquifer overexploitation conditions. These processes include groundwater table decline, subsidence, attenuation and drying of springs, decrease of river flow, and increased pollution vulnerability, among others processes. Some of these effects have been observed on the Upper Basin of the Lerma River. The Lerma River begins in the SE of the Valley of Toluca at 2,600 m asl, in the wetland known as Lagoons of Almoloya del Río. This wetland is made up of a group of lagoons, which are an important aquatic system from an environmental point of view. The water inflow of this wetland is a discharge of springs, which occur between the fractured volcanic material of the mountain range and granular volcanic–continental deposits of the Valley of Toluca aquifer. The intensive exploitation of the Valley of Toluca aquifer to supply urban and industrial water to Mexico City and Toluca began in 1950 and is responsible for a steady decline of piezometric levels of 1–3.5 m/yr. Other effects of this exploitation—the drying of the wetland, the decrease of river flow and the land subsidence—caused serious ecological and social impacts. The authorities declared this aquifer as overexploited in order to reduce the exploitation and preserve the availability of water resources in this important region.     

地铁隧道地震动力响应模拟试验研究

为研究地震荷载作用下隧道结构的动力响应,以指导隧道修建施工和衬砌支护,提高地铁隧道的整体抗震能力,采用理论分析、数值模拟和室内试验相结合的方法,对地铁隧道地震动力响应进行研究。选取沈阳地铁2号线某段隧道为工程背景,在理论分析地铁隧道地震动力响应的前提下,运用FLAC~(3D)数值软件模拟地铁隧道地震动力响应情况,地铁隧道两帮壁正负45°区域剪应力、主应力和位移最显著,监测点加速度变化趋势与输入地震波加速度时程曲线较为一致。在室内振动台试验中,地基土体表面峰值加速度明显比地基土体深部大,隧道两帮壁正负45°位置附近应变最大,振动停止后应变并未归零。数值模拟与室内试验研究结果较为吻合表明,由于人工波的地震烈度较现场波大,地铁隧道的地震扰动强烈;地铁隧道两帮壁正负45°区域地震动力响应剧烈,极易发生破坏。可根据这一现象有针对性地采取抗震措施,保证地铁隧道的安全、稳定。     

Secondary succession on a high salt marsh at different grazing intensities

Succession occurs on a large part of German salt marshes following abandonment or reduction of grazing. Its speed and effect on the biodiversity of salt marshes has been discussed in the literature. Permanent plot studies show site-dependent differences in successional outcome. If grazing is to be continued, there is uncertainty about the stocking rates that are optimal for the conservation of plant diversity. We present an eight year permanent plot study with different grazing treatments on a high salt marsh at the marsh island of Hallig Langeness, Germany, which is enclosed by a summer dike. The study site is owned by WWF. Successional outcomes on the permanent plots depend on grazing intensity and depth of the groundwater table which is correlated with soil salinity. Intermediate stocking rates support a mixture of halophytes and glycophytes, the relative proportion of which depends on the depth of the groundwater table. Cattle grazing at stocking rates of 0.6 livestock units per ha were found to be optimal for plant diversity conservation. At sites with deeper groundwater tables and no grazing, dominantElymus spp. stands develop and diversity is strongly reduced. If the groundwater table is high, succession following grazing abandonment is retarded and small halophytes prevail.     

曲线拟合对空气污染物浓度的预测

通过对深圳市1991年－2000年环境空气中SO2浓度月均值，年均值变化规律的分析，得出了其数学表达式所需的函数特征，建立了曲线拟合方程，并通过实例计算及一系列统计回归检验，表明SO2浓度的月均值、年均值实际变化与拟合曲线结果基本一致。     

地震作用下地铁车站结构的动力变形响应研究

研究地铁车站结构在地震作用下的变形,对地铁的建设和安全运营有着重要的现实意义。本文进行了北京地区土层中典型地铁车站结构的振动台试验,并使用FLAC2D对试验进行模拟分析,得到了在地震作用下地铁车站结构的变形响应规律。结果表明:地铁结构的变形峰值随地震强度的增加而增加;结构中柱的峰值应变和峰值挠度曲线曲率,两端大、中间小;侧墙峰值挠度曲线的各点曲率为常数,这是因为侧墙与顶底板组成的箱形结构整体刚度大,难以发生破坏;中柱底端应变呈正负循环变化,侧墙的应变曲线与受冲击荷载的变形曲线相似。     

宁夏地区二斑叶螨的寄主植物选择及其季节转移

采用田间系统观察和室内饲养方法,调查并发现宁夏引黄灌区和新垦区二斑叶螨（Tetranychus urticae Koch)为寄主植物88种,其中野生寄主植物59种,栽培寄主29种,垦前荒漠,半荒漠有适宜二斑叶螨生存和繁殖的寄主植物分布,用生命表方法研究了20种主要寄主植物对二斑叶螨实验种群净生殖率（R0)的营养效应,不同寄主植物随季节的变化其营养效应明显不同,对二斑叶螨在这些寄主植物间的季节转移规律研究表明,宁夏农田,以野荠菜Capsella bursa-pastoris,小旋花Calystegia hederacea,小蓟Cephalanoplos segetumji,苦苣菜Sonchus brachyotus,车前草Plantago asiatica,蚕豆Vicia foba,大豆Glycine max,玉米Zea mays等一起,构成了有利于二斑叶螨季节转移的寄主体系,分析认为,宁夏麦套玉米间作大豆的耕种模式是二斑叶螨大发生的主要原因之一。     

Integrated Water and CGE Model of the Impacts of Water Policy on the Beijing's Economy and Output

The article used general equilibrium model to analyze the change of gross domestic product and industry output affected by water resources policies in Beijing City by using GEMPACK soft tool.The article researches on rules of water supply and demand,evaluating water resources,building water resources input and output table,establishing water computable general equilibrium model and stimulating water policy.The stimulation gives a scenario that increases water price by 10%.The result shows the following aspects.First,water resources policy infects gross domestic product and industry output in different ways.There are different behaviors in different industries as to the water policy.Agriculture industry has the same tendency as water price change and it has more sensitive to water quantity than to water price.For basic energy industries such as oil and chemistry and gas,they show diversity tendency.As to some high water consumer industry such as paper and textile etc.,water resource economic policy can infect them greatly and can promote them to accomplish more water-saving technology.Waste water and construction and service industries show the same tendency as to water policy.Second,government should pay more attention to water resource policy by macro economic administration.The simulation also shows that the output and supply and consumer price change more than expect as to water policy in a free market economic in water industry.So as to a government policy maker,one should be more carefully and prepare suitable forecast and plan to water policy and its negative impact.     

A sensitive method for selective determination of vanadium species by dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction (DLLME) with spectrophotometric detection

A simple, fast, and low-cost analytical procedure was developed for trace-level determination of inorganic vanadium species by dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction in combination with spectrophotometry. Vanadium in pentavalent form, V(V), was quantitatively extracted into organic phase as 4-(2-pyridylazo)-recorcinol (PAR) complex in the presence of N-cetyl-N,N,N-trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) as counter-ion. Vanadium (IV) was masked with 1,2-diaminocyclohexanetetraacetic acid to allow speciation analysis. Total vanadium was determined after oxidation of V(IV) to V(V). The main factors affecting preconcentration and spectrophotometric detection of vanadium species such as pH, concentration of PAR and CTAB, the type and volume of the extraction, and disperser solvents were optimized. The limit of detection and enhancement factor obtained under optimum conditions were found to be 0.06 μg L^?1 and 98, respectively. Relative standard deviations for V(IV) and V(V) at 3.0 μg L^?1 were less than 2.4%. The presented procedure was applied to environmental water samples for selective determination of vanadium species. Moreover, the method was applied to determination of vanadium in edible salt samples, due to its applicability in high-NaCl-containing solutions. The validity of proposed method was proven by spike recovery experiments and also independent analysis by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.     

岩溶区地下水位下降致塌的数值模拟研究

文章运用三维数值模拟的方法对复杂的岩溶塌陷机理及过程进行了系统性研究,探讨了Flac3D三维数值模拟应用于岩溶塌陷的模拟技术及方法,为岩溶塌陷的客观评价及预测开辟了有效途径。在研究中成功地应用数值模拟的方法时地下水面以上的土洞塌陷机制进行了模拟,并对岩溶区的典型地质概化模型的致塌机理进行验证。     

液压振动台试验系统中的控制系统集成设计

根据液压振动台试验系统的功能特点,采用Labview软件将液压振动台试验系统的主要控制部件的软、硬件开发和系统集成优化,大大降低了试验系统的人力成本,提高了工作效率,操作简单便捷。